Outbound InternationalSales Opportunities

Outbound Sales Opportunities for International Markets

Join Visit Seattle as we promote Seattle and Washington State to our key international and overseas visitor markets. Connect with key travel trade and media decision-makers by participating in the following 2019 programs.

*Details and registration pages for some events are still being finalized. For more information, contact John Boesche, Vice President, International Tourism.

JANUARY

BRAND USA MEXICO SALES MISSION

January 13-18, 2019 – Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico

Meet with Mexico’s leading travel trade and media partners in Mexico City and Monterrey.

New non-stop flights from Mexico City (Aeromexico) and Guadalajara (Volaris) have strengthened Seattle and Washington State’s inbound visitation opportunity from Mexico.

Mexico is the United States’ second largest international market in both visitor volume and visitor spend.

AER LINGUS ROADSHOW*

February 2019 – Cities TBD

Aer Lingus operates a four-city travel agent roadshow annually, featuring U.S. destinations with which the airline offers non-stop air service.

U.S. destinations and suppliers have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with Irish travel trade in Belfast, Dublin, Limerick, and Cork.

MARCH

JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA SALES MISSION*

March 18-22, 2019 – Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, South Korea

The Seattle Mariners open their 2019 season against the Oakland A’s in Tokyo! Join Visit Seattle as we entertain VIP trade and media clients at this must-attend event.

This mission also features an exclusive media event in Tokyo, travel trade seminars in both Tokyo and Seoul, and a multitude of opportunities for partners to connect face-to-face with decision makers from two of our most important overseas inbound visitor markets.

South Korea is Seattle’s second largest overseas inbound visitor market; Japan is Seattle’s fourth largest overseas inbound visitor market.

ACTIVE AMERICA CHINA

March 26-28, 2019 – Anchorage, Alaska

China is the fastest growing inbound tourism market to North America and Active America China, now in its 10th year, is the only show in North America 100% dedicated to building inbound Chinese tourism.

Tour operators who attended Active America China in 2018 were from companies that were responsible for over 40% of all tourism to North America.

BRAND USA INDIA SALES MISSION*

September 2019

Brand USA offers the ideal platform for U.S. suppliers to interact directly with tour operators, airline representatives, travel agents, incentive and meeting agents, and media in three cities in India.

The main focus of this Mission is to encourage Indian visitation to the U.S. and educate the Indian travel industry on the limitless potential of the U.S. as a travel destination.

Previous India Sales Mission participants have successfully expanded their footprint in India and this trend will continue through the 2018 Brand USA India Sales Mission.

OCTOBER

TOURISM EXPO JAPAN

October 24-27, 2019 – Osaka, Japan

Tourism Expo Japan is one of the largest travel trade and consumer shows in the world, with a record-breaking attendance of 207,000 visitors in 2018.

Featuring both business-to-business and business-to-consumer components, the tradeshow provides U.S. suppliers an opportunity to connect with key Japanese clients and also promote their product to consumers interested in travel to the United States.

Delta Air Lines has announced non-stop flights from Osaka to Seattle, starting April 1, 2019.